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Summary

A ditch with upcast bank running a sinuous course along the contour from SX 62267655 to SX 62257606, at the southern end of Cherrybrook Newtake. This feature consists of a broad, flat or gently U-shaped ditch averaging 3m wide and 0.6m deep with an upcast, flattish-topped bank on the east, downslope side, up to 4.5m wide at base and 0.8m high.
The bank is largely of peat and earth.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NW146
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 874201
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/198

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DITCH (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 2476 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

National Monument Record, 1969, SX6276, 1/33-36 (Aerial Photograph). SDV274466.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Deep ditch with bank on the eastern side. Is this a cornditch? visible on NMR 1969 aerial photograph.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, P. Pattison (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(08/06/1989) A ditch with upcast bank running a sinuous course along the contour from SX 62267655 to SX 62257606, at the S end of Cherrybrook Newtake. This feature consists of a broad, flat or gently U-shaped ditch averaging 3m wide and 0.6m deep with an upcast, flattish-topped bank on the E, downslope side, up to 4.5m wide at base and 0.8m high.
The bank is largely of peat and earth.
The channel was possibly intended to be a leat for Cherrybrook Farm (now Cherrybrook Hotel SX 62157600) but never finished. It begins 250m SE of a stream head and runs around the contour, ending abruptly, only 150m NE of the farm after a fall of no greater than 3m. Its large proportions and unfinished state may be explained by the depth of peat in the area.
It is not a cornditch as suggested tentatively by source (RCHME APP 1985). It is shown in 1886 and 1906 (OS maps) and 1946 AP's show it clearly.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8644 - Cherrybrook and Longford Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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